Against Hypocrisy

Jeremiah 7:9-10. “Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’-only to go on doing all these abominations?”

Ellen Degeneres

The other day I heard that JC Penney hired Ellen Degeneres as a spokeswoman for their company.  There is a group called One Million Moms that is trying to get JC Penny to fire Ellen Degeneres by declaring a boycott of the store for their lack of support for traditional values.

As a Bible Christian, I do believe that homosexuality is a sin and that marriage is the 1^st human institution ordained by God and is to be between one man and one woman.  I also believe that the effort on the part of One Million Moms reeks of coldhearted bigotry.

I think that what bothers me the most is the fact that when the homosexual lobby in the American political landscape talks about inequality and injustice, on  of the most common complaints is that people can and do get fired for nothing less than their sexual orientation and now there is a group out there that is going to prove them right.

I would hope that the followers of Christ, those that have experienced the grace and salvation of our Lord, would not forget the fact that they didn’t deserve grace, mercy, love and redemption anymore than anyone else who is lost in their sin.

I think that this effort to try to strong-arm a secular company and have them fire someone based solely on their homosexuality is wrong minded and ungracious.  We need to treat all people with the respect, honor, love, and dignity that they deserve as image bearers of God.  We must also remember that the world is going behave like the world; we are in this world but not of it.  We need to stop trying to get the world to conform to Kingdom standards; don’t confuse the two kingdoms!